Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
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This is a great thought provoking young adult novel. The premise is really “out there” but the book is extremely well written with rich characters that you really love and root for. The protaganist, Liz Hall ends up in Elsewhere when she is killed in a bicycle accident. Elsewhere is where you arrive when you are dead–it is quiet and peaceful, no once gets sick, it is usually sunny and warm. . . Elsewhere turns out to be a place like earth where you age backward from the day of your death until you become a baby again and return to earth. The book follows Liz as she meets her Grandmother in Elsewhere, makes friends, finds love, misses her family on earth and all sort of emotions that Teenagers feel. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in young adult fiction but wants age appropriate, thought provking reading material. I definitely will read this author again and will recommend this book to my preteen daughter.
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